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Hi all,
I am new to this thread and love it!
I am a bit confused and have a question regarding the white dial/gold markers, hope sometime can clear this up for me!
When I see the watch on TD sites the dial looks plain white, almost ivory even, but on some watch photos I saw from members the dial has a silvery sheen to it. Even on some gen photos I see the silver dial.
So which is it? Is it the same dial with just the different lighting? Because they look really different and I much prefer the silver!
Here are some comparison shots:
TD with the plain white:
And here is a photo uploaded on RWI of the rep, it has a clear silver shine to the dial:
And here are the gens with silver dials:
This is how it looks for mine. It is definitely not a plain white. Almost a silver/tan shade to it.
The photos on the TD site are usually waaaay over exposed. The watch will have a silverish shine to it under natural lighting. It's quite close to gen.Hi all,
I am new to this thread and love it!
I am a bit confused and have a question regarding the white dial/gold markers, hope sometime can clear this up for me!
When I see the watch on TD sites the dial looks plain white, almost ivory even, but on some watch photos I saw from members the dial has a silvery sheen to it. Even on some gen photos I see the silver dial.
So which is it? Is it the same dial with just the different lighting? Because they look really different and I much prefer the silver!
Here are some comparison shots:
TD with the plain white:
And here is a photo uploaded on RWI of the rep, it has a clear silver shine to the dial:
And here are the gens with silver dials:
Sent from my Deco Stop
I don't think anyone can really say how reliable the movement will be, but I can see no reason to think it won't be good. Also if there are V2 or V3s I doubt there will be any movement upgrade.
To add to that, on the rose gold case along with the white dial also gives a slightly cream look to the dial due to the reflection off the rehaut (as does the gen).
I think 3 full days on a full Power Reserve on a beautiful watch like this is very impressive and hey, realistically, you won't have it off your wrist that long, it's too gorgeous!
I thought exactly the same and my reflection on that, which might be totally wrong, tells that the movement should be of fairly high quality. Time will tell how many breaks down and what breaks in that case.
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Thanks all! I will order it now, love the silver look!
Drilling new holes is the key. I ordered a curved from Kaufmann, still waiting for it. Then I have to go to my watchsmith and hopefully he can drill new holes for me. Technically I can't imagine how the drilling tool looks like, but there must be a way because there are already holes drilled into the lugs...
Why shouldn't the strap cover the old holes? If the curved end is thick enough I don't see a problem.
Is it expensive to have a custom made strap from kaufmann ? Heard that the kaufmann quality is very good
Technically it should be 7 days PR but at least it's consistent with the odd "seventy hours" engraved on the movt!!
I think the old holes might be somewhat exposed when you wear the watch. The leather should curve over your wrists.
Mine is quite a bit stiffer than other watches I own too. This will be because the mainspring is a lot stronger than a regular watch in order to give the 70 hours PR from a single Spring barrel. Nothing to worry about.
Finally got my straps from LPV bespokeleather. Truth be told, I am kinda disappointed with the quality. It costs me about $150 USD after shipping and while I don't expect it to be like Kaufmann or Santoni, it is not even at the level of Hadley Roma. I think you guys will be better off with Orloff (much cheaper) or Hadley Roma (if you are based in US).
